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UNITED STATES 'GEORGE A. FAIR, on DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

WARDROBE BED.

Application filed February 3, 1923. Serial No. 616,659.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1,-Gnonen A. FAIR, a

citizen of the United States, and residing at Detroit, in the county of Wayne and State of Michigan, have invented a new and Improved Wardrobe Bed, of which the followingis a specification.

This invention relates to that class of beds which may be closed or folded up when not in use and which may be opened out when they are to be used, and its objectis toprovide a case for a pivoted bed of this charac ter which may be rotated in a compartment of minimum dimensions and which will embody a wardrobe.

A further object of this invention is to provide a bed of this character with means at the end opposite the pivots for the bed frame to automatically secure the bed clothes and mattress to thesprings so that they will hang vertically while not in u% and to provide space for the pillows below the wardrobe proper where they may be supported by the head-board of the bed. c

This invention consists in the details of construction illustrated in the accompanying drawings and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Fig. 1 is an elevation of the wardrobe side of this improved wardrobe-bed. Figs. 2 and 3 are sections on the lines 22 and 3-3 of Fig. 1 respectively. Fig. 4 is a vertical central section of the structure when the bed frame is in its open position. Figs. 5,6 and 7 are sections on the lines 5-5, 66 and 77 of Fig. 4: respectively. Fig. 8 is a section similar to the lower right hand portion of Fig. 1, of'a modified form of this device.

Similar reference characters refer to like parts throughout the several views.

The present wardrobe-bed is of that type of structures which are designed to be stored, closed or folded up in a special compartment or closet connecting to the room in which the bed is to be used when opened or unfolded, the bed frame being pivotally attached to a rotatable case having one side which will harmonize with the finish or decorations of the room in which such structure is used and constitute a closure for the compartment in which it is stored when not in use.

In the present case, the case is formed of a base 1, a top 2, doors 3 and 4 extending between them, the do0r 3 being hinged to one of the narrow high extensions 5 of the sides and the door 4 to the parting strip 7 which also extends from the top to the base. The sides of the case also comprise the wide side plates 8 and 9 which are preferably provided with flanges 10 so that the occupants of the bed will not injure themselves on the narrow edges of these plates. A horizontal shelf plate 11 extends across at the tops of the side plates, and the back 12 of the wardrobe extends betweenthis shelf and a second shelf'13 just below the top 2 and between the upright extensions 5 of the sides. I prefer to secure a partition 14 to the sides 8 and 9, shelf 11 and base to'pre vent the pillows falling out of the bed'when the wardrobe doors are opened. The wardrobe comprises the top shelf 13, lower shelf 11, extensions 5 of the sides, the back 12 and the doors 3 and 4.

Secured to the side plates 8 and 9 in any desired manner, lugs 15 being shown, are the pivot pins 16 and on them are mounted the side bars 17 of the bed frame, these bars preferably being angle bars. The headboard 18 is attached to one end of each side bar and the foot-board 19 to the other. The springs of the bed are intended to rest on these side bars and on the flanges 20 onthe head and foot boards. Extending down from the flanges 10 are the brackets 25 which support the upper ends of the curved guide bars 23 on which the compression springs 24: are mounted and which guide bars also extend through holesin the brackets 22 attached to the sidebars'17 of the bed frame, against which the springs 2 f pressupward. The major portions of these guide bars are circular with the pivots 16 as centers, and their lower en'ds are secured in the base 1 by the nuts 26. The tension of these springs maybe regulated by the nuts 27 The extent of curvature and the points of attachment of the lower ends of these guide bars may be varied according to the length of spring desired. It will be noted that the tension of the springs decreases with the elevation of the bed frame but at a lower ratio, and'that while suflicient to hold the bed frame in its elevated position, the springs will not lift the frame when hori- Zontal. The space below the shelf 11 per-- mits the head-board 18 to swing down to horizontal position and also is a storage space for the pillows which rest on the head boa-rd while the bed frame is upright.

The legs of the bed frame are hinged to the side bars at 31 and attached to the legs are the cam plates 32 provided with cam slots 33 to receive the pins 34 at the adjacent ends of the links 35 which are pivoted at 36 to the brackets 37 attached to the side plates 8 and 9. The pivots 36 are above the pivots 16 so that as the bed frame is swung up, the pins 34 move toward the foot board 19, as indicated by Fig. 3. A yoke 39 has side arms 40 pivoted to the flanges 41 on the foot board 19 at 42 and these arms also receive the pins 34. The flange 20 at the foot board is slotted to permit the cam plates 32 to extend through. Instead of brackets 37 secured to the side plates 8 and 9 to support the pins 36, arms 44 may be attached to the base 1 to support these pivots, as shown in Fig. 8.

When the bed is open, as indicated in Fig. 4, the yoke 39 is above the mattress and springs and out of the way of the feet of the occupant of the bed. But as the bed frame is swung up to vertical position, the action of the links 35 is to swing thls yoke down against the blankets, mattress and springs sufficiently firmly to prevent the mattress and bed clothes from slipping down. It is evident from Figs. 3 and 4 that the pressure of the yoke 39 is determined by the shape of the yoke and the distance between the pins 16 and 36.

Beds of this character are usually placed in special compartments or closets, one of which is indicated in Fig. 2 by the walls 45, 46 and 47. The base of the case is indicated by the dotted lines and the casters 48 are shown in the positions occupied when the wardrobe-bed is closed and in its compartment. A door 49 of any desired size is usually found desirable to permit the case to be rotated to bring the bed frame to proper position to be opened. The door 49 permits entrance to the space between the wall 46 and the bed case so that the wardrobe doors may be opened'when the bed frame is swung down into the bedroom.

1 secure channel guides 50 to both the floor 51 and to the ceiling 52 of the compartment. A roller 53 extends down from the base 1 and another extends up from the top 2 into these channels. These rollers are at the right of the middle-of the base 1 and top 2 and are in vertical alinement with each other. Pivot pins 54 extending up from the top 2 and down from the base 1 connect to alined pins 55 attached to the floor and ceiling by means of links 56.

When the wardrobe-bed is in its compartment, as indicated in Fig. 1, the pins 54 are preferably farther from the right than from the left sides of the base and top. This prevents the left edge of the base from contacting with the wall 47, particularly with the front corner thereof. The guide channels 50 and the links 56 control the rotary movement of the case and prevent it from tipping over.

By hinging the legs 30 a distance from the foot-board 19 I am enabled to connect the plates 32 to the pins 34 and thus brace the feet by the links 35 and insure them being out of the way when the bed is closed. Another advantage in moving the legs away from the corners of the bed frame lies in the fact that they are not so liable to be kicked as when they are at these corners. Any other desired connection between the legs and the links 35 be employed. Instead of these links being straight they may be curved in any desired manner to make them more or less conspicuous.

The distance between the pivots 16 and the back 12 of the wardrobe and the base 1 will determine the space available for bed clothes. These pivots may of course be mounted in any other desired manner. When the links 56 are released, the wardrobe-bed can be moved on its casters to any other desired location.

The tracks 50 and links 58 so guide the bed that it can be rotated in a shallow and narrow compartment and will not strike against the edges of the enclosing walls.

The details of construction and the proportions of the parts of this wardrobe-bed may all be changed by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit of my invention as set forth in the following claims.

I claim 1. In a bed, the combination of a case comprising a base, sides, a pair of alined pivots mounted in said sides, a bed frame mounted on said pivots and comprising side bars, guide bars mounted in said case and comprising circular portions parallel to the sides of the case and concentric with the bed frame pivots, and coil springs mounted on said guide bars and pressing upward against the side bars of the bed frame.

2. In a bed, the combination of a case comprising a base, sides, a pair of alined pivots mounted in said sides, a bed frame mounted on said pivots and comprising side bars, guide bars mounted in said case and comprising circular portions parallel to the sides of the case and concentric with the bed frame pivots, coil springs mounted on said gy do bars and pressing upward against bars of the bed frame, and means to vary the tension of said springs.

3. In a bed, the combination of a case comprising a pair of parallel side plates; alined pivots carried thereby, a bed frame mounted one end on the pivots between the side plates and a pair of laterally projecting brackets on said frame having-holes, guide bars mounted in said case and comprising circular portions extending through the holes in said brackets and being positioned between the bed frame and the side plates concentric with said pivots, means to support the ends of the guide rods, and compression springs mounted on said guiderods below said brackets to hold the bed frame in vertical position when swung up against the case.

4. In a bed, the combination of a case, a bed frame pivoted at one end to said case, legs pivoted to the opposite end of the frame, a yoke pivotedabove the legs, said legs and yokes on each side of the frame having overlapping arms extending beyond their pivots, one of said arms on each side of the frame being formed with a slot and a pin being mounted in the other arm extending through said slot, links extending from said pins to said ease, and pivots carried by the case for the opposite ends of the links, said second pivots being above the pivots of the frame so as to cause the legs to remain vertical and to swing the yoke toward the frame when the frame is swung to vertical position.

GEORGE A. FAIR; 

